St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-04
SPENDING THE MONEY.
The Dakota Legislature Puts in Its Time
Providing for the Public Iusti-
tutions,
The Aggregate of the Amounts Appropri
ated Being Slightly Less Than
$285,O0
The Council Trying to Work Some
More ''Funny Business OH the
Governor,
Who, Meanwhile, Fires in a Few
Vetoes and Views Things With
Complacence.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK. Oak. March 3.-This has
been appropriation day in good earnest in
the council. Bills were passed appropri-
ating an aggregate of 1884. 900 for new
structures to be erected in the territory. and
they are only waiting for the signature of
the governor to make them law. Yet this
is but slight sprinkle preceding a heavy
shower that is to come. The appropriations
provide as follows:
Normal school at Madison, dormitory, $685.
GOO; reform school at Plankinton, 5000
university at Aberdeen, S5S,500; dormitory
Grand Forks university. 10000: improve
ments at deaf and dumb school. Sioux Falls,
$4,000; experimental farm and dormitory at
Brookings, school. $4,000; normal school at
Spearfsh, $4,000; normal school at Spring
field, $4,000.
These bills will probably be sent to the
governor tomorrow for his approval or veto
separately, as he has intimated that omni-
bus bills win not be kindly treated. There
were appointments sent in three days ago
that have not yet been acted upon by the
council, and it is anticipated that that
| body
WILL TAKE NO ACTION
on them until the governor has returned
| these appropriation bills. There is no open
| fight between the council and executive, but
the former feels tritie resentful over the
independent position he has taken, and
want to give him the impression that he is
under some obligations to them. but he has
not shown any signs of weakening in his
| position up to the present time. There was a
tilt in the council to-day between Grigsby
and McCumber, in which the former inSin-
| n fQH hot fhn- .h0 II,
preparation bill should be ashamed of them
selves. McCumber resented the insinuatiop:
but was called down on point OF order by
Smith, of Yankton. McCumber started out
to paint the noble Grigsby red. and would
probably have done it had he not been
headed off. DR.. Collins bill providing that
the board OF trustees of the North Dakota
university should consist of four members
instead OF three, was passed over the gover-
norS veto. Speaking OF that university, it
is whispered around here that ex-Gov.
Pierce is to be elected president of that in
StitutiOn.
BATCH OF VETOES.
The governor is in mood for vetoing,
and he is swinging his pen with "a freedom
that makes several of the lawmakers feel
anything but pleasant and there are those
among them who would like to give him a
pointer or two for his own welfare, but
their backboneS lack the required amount
OF stiffness. Yesterday he sent in one and
to-day he unloaded batch of four vetoes
OF important bills on them, more to drive
them out of the careless ways into which
they have fallen than for any other object.
The reasons for vetoing two of the most
important bills are given below:
Council Bill 1SS-The object of this bill is
to require the return to the various institu-
tions named tho amount of premium or
premiums realized upon the sale of bonds the
proceeds of which have been received by the
.thferesit Institutions named in the BILL The
prem GIN received FROM the sale of these
bonds was in reality premium upon the
credit OF the territory, and l can see no good
re; son why these different institutions should
receive the benefit of that credit There is no
injury done to these institutions in withhold
ing my signature TO this bill. To say the
least, l think the precedent bad one The
Legislature has it in its power to make an ap-
preparation sufficiently large to cover any loss
by the institutions by reason of the territory
being allowed to return the amount of the
premium realized upon the sale of the Sc
bonds.
Council bill Ill, an act to prevent the
spread Of noXious weeds in the territory of
Dakota-The powers therein conferred in
reference to the destruction of noxious weeds
are Of such character that if abused might
leaG not only to great hardship, but likewise
to great injustice to the owners of property
In u country like ours where vast quantities
OF land are unoccupied and owned by nom
residents, and an actual settler is devoting
his best energies towards the gradual inn
provelnent of his farm 1 deem that il would
be very unwise not to say dangerous, to pass
an act Of this character. would likewise
call attention to the fact that the legislature
of 1885 has already legislated upon this uues-
tion.
ROUTINE WORK.
Petitions were received in the council
to-day from Custer City for a prohibitory
law, from Ward county for a division of
the Bismarck land district, and from Yank-
ton for woman suffrage. Bills appropriate
ing $50, 900 for the normal school building
at Springfield, and S23. 400 for the Sioux
Falls deaf mute school, were passed. The
following bills were introduced in the coun-
ell:
Mathews, to appropriate funds for the
maintenance of the Dakota Agricultural COL
lege for 1887 and 1888; also relating to the
compensation of physicians and surgeons Civ
ing expert testimony in courts; Martin regu-
lating fixing the license of retail liauor deal
ers and pool and billiard halls in Incorporated
cities; Hughes, by request. ratifying the acts
of loan companies and building and loan asso-
ciations and to provide for their further ex-
istence without iucorpol alton.
H FIGHTING UsUARY.
In the house the uSnary bill, fixing the
legal rate of interest at 10 per cent. came
up in committee of the whole and, created
considerable warm discussion, in which the
irrepresSible MentZer figured conspicuOusly.
Fletcher amended the bill to read 10 per
cent and the amendment was adopted.
The bill was passed as amended as was the
bill for the protection Of game which makes
II unlawful to shoot grouse between Jan. /
! and Sept. 1. and ducks brant and quail be-
tween May and the September following.
Bills were introduced in the house:
Fellows, for an act entitled an act to pro-
vide for the insurance of crops against loss
or damage by hail. Atkins, by request. an
aci to amend section l of chapter Al of the
general laws of 1883, and an act to amend Sec
tion 33 of chapter 2s Of the revised codes of
1877, entitled revenue
The council bill providing for $50, 900 for
the Planhinton reform school was passed
by the mouse. The following house bills
were passed: 81 gft
AppropratiRg $4,000 for the purchase of
books for the territorial library. legalizing
the assessment roll, authorizing towns and
cities TO lay out and vacate streets and alleys,
appropriating S75 to pay John Nagle, a
| former guard at the Bismarck penitentiary
creating two territorial boards of agriculture
| and providing for two fairs, one north and
one south of the 46th parallel
TEE AITcH.
NIGHT SESSION.
The lower house held session tonight
and in committee of the whole considered
the house bill fixing the salaries of county
| trpaSurprS and rppiSters of doadc Of GO Ono